2015/04/17 week 6 additional notes in class

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• Protestant

 

• Live as she play

 

• It will be really exciting for us and her

 

• Traveling is a fool’s paradise---Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

• Fly over the wall

 

• Adventure

• Advance

• Advocate

• Advantage

 

 

• Spectator

• Inspect

• Perspective

• Opinion

• Love at the first sight

• Make the first love

 

• Stanza

• Paragraph

• Metaphorical speak

• I fall upon the thorns of life

• “Ode to the west wind.”

• Drought

 

 

 

2015/04/17 week6 vocabulary journal

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• Accommodate (v.): /əˈkɒmədeɪt/

1. to provide a place or room for someone to stay in

2. But Klein thinks we could find ways to accommodate crows and even give them useful work.

3. Ex: Designed by an Italian architect, the hotel can accommodate 600 guests.

• Bend (v.): /bend/

1. to lean forwards and downwards, or to move the top part of your body forwards and downwards

2. Then she stuck the wire under some sticky tape that was also in her cage, and bent the wire.

3. Ex: He bent and kissed her quickly.

• Cautious (adj.): /ˈkɔːʃəs/

1. careful to avoid problems or danger

2. When the light turns red, the cautious crows fly down and eat the nuts without fear of being run over.

3. Ex: Perhaps a more cautious approach would bring better results.

• Colleague (n.): /ˈkɒliːɡ/

1. someone who works in the same organization or department as you

2. He and his colleagues have built a robot gecko.

3. Ex: Friends and colleagues will remember him with affection.

• Genius (n.): /ˈdʒiːniəs/

1. someone who is much more intelligent or skilful than other people

2. These stories of crow genius attracted the attention of a writer named Joshua Klein.

3. Ex: Bach's Magnificat is clearly the work of a genius.

 

• Instinctively (adv.): /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv/

1. done without thinking, because of a natural tendency or ability

2. After observing crow behavior in the laboratory and in the wild, scientists now believe that the birds are not just acting instinctively.

3. Ex: His reaction was purely instinctive.

•  Intersection (n.): /ˈɪntə(r)ˌsekʃ(ə)n/

1. a place where roads, lines etc join or cross each other

2. They fly over intersections and drop nuts in front of cars.

3. Ex: The school is at the intersection of two main roads.

• Obligation (n.): /ˌɒblɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/

1. something that you must do for legal or moral reasons

2. However, such partnership will only work if humans recognize their obligation to protect the environment of the geckos, crows, and other creatures that sure the planet.

3. Ex: The firm has an obligation to its customers.

• Partnership (n.): /ˈpɑː(r)tnə(r)ʃɪp/

1. business the position of being one of two or more people who own a company as partners

2. However, such partnership will only work if humans recognize their obligation to protect the environment of the geckos, crows, and other creatures that sure the planet.

3. Ex: Webster eventually took his assistant into partnership in 1845.

• Primate (v.): /ˈpraɪmeɪt/

1. biology an animal belonging to the same group as humans, which includes monkeys and apes

2. The obvious implication is that crows, like primates and dolphins, are highly intelligent.

3. Ex: This article is about the primate.

 

• Suburb (n.): /ˈsʌbɜː(r)b/

1. an area or town near a large city but away from its centre, where there are many houses, especially for middle-class people

2. In another show of intelligence, a group of crows in a Tokyo suburb have learned a new way to get lunch.

3. Ex: Once we have kids, we'll probably move to the suburbs.

• Thrive (v.): /θraɪv/

1. to become very successful, happy, or healthy

2. And as anyone who lives in a city knows, crows thrive in cities.

3. Ex: Children thrive when given plenty of love and attention.

• Widespread (dj.): /ˈwaɪdˌspred/

1. happening or existing in many places, or affecting many people

2. The behavior has become widespread as more and more crows teach it to others.

3. Ex: These facilities are becoming more widespread in urban areas.

• Wire (n.): /ˈwaɪə(r)/

1. a long thin piece of metal like a thread

2. She found a straight piece of wire that someone had left in the cage.

3. Ex: The sticks were tied in bundles with wire.

• Vend (v.): /vend/

1. to sell something

2. He built a vending machine for crows.

3. Ex: vending machine

4. a machine that you can get cigarettes, chocolate, drinks etc from by putting in a coin

 

• Adhesive (n.): /ədˈhiːsɪv/

1. a substance used for making things stick together

2. Having a surface coated with an adhesive and not needing the application of glue or moisture.

3. Ex: Fuller worked with engineers to design an extremely strong dry adhesive.

• Anxiety (n.): /æŋˈzaɪəti/

1. a worried feeling you have because you think something bad might happen

2. First it was guide dogs for the blind; now it’s monkeys for quadriplegia, and any number of animals for anxiety, including cats, pigs, and a duck.

3. Ex: Too much caffeine can cause anxiety, depression, and insomnia.

• Breed (v.): /briːd/

1. if animals breed, they become the parents of young animals

2. It can cost up to $60,000 to breed , train, and place each dog in a home.

3. Ex: The birds have bred successfully for the past six years.

• Costume (n.): /ˈkɒstjuːm/

1. clothes that performers wear in a play, film etc

2. “Cool costume,” one of the kids said.

3. Ex: The costumes, sets, and acting are all superb.

• Aggressive (adj.): /əˈɡresɪv/

1. behaving in an angry or rude way that shows you want to fight, attack, or argue with someone

2. Edie doesn’t worried about those sorts of things with Panda because miniature horses are less aggressive.

3. Ex: Bailey became increasingly aggressive in his questioning of the witness.

 

• Disability (n.): /ˌdɪsəˈbɪləti/

1. a condition in which someone is not able to use a part of their body or brain properly, for example because of an injury

2. This is perfectly legal because the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.).

3. Ex: Not speaking French in Paris is a real disability.

• Lawsuit (n.): /ˈlɔːˌsuːt/

1. a case that a court of law is asked to decide involving a disagreement between two people or organizations

2. Animal owners are responding with lawsuit.

3. Ex: The singer has filed a $100 million lawsuit against his record company.

• Miniature (adj.): /ˈmɪnətʃə(r)/

1. much smaller than things of the same kind

2. The woman, Ann Edie, was simply blind, and out for an evening walk with Panda, her guide miniature horse.

3. Ex: He has a miniature of the Eiffel Tower on his desk.

• Privilege (n.): /ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ/

1. a special benefit that is available only to a particular person or group

2. There is also widespread suspicion that people are abusing the law to get special privileges for their pets.

3. Ex: Cheap air travel is one of the privileges of working for the airline.

• Suspicion (n.): /səˈspɪʃ(ə)n/

1. a feeling that someone has done something wrong

2. There is also widespread suspicion that people are abusing the law to get special privileges for their pets.

3. Ex: She had a suspicion that Mr Engel was not being completely honest.